Press
"The most important element of this music is the happiness, joy, and feeling of connectivity"
– Lowell Sun; MA
"Welcome to gypsy country, where family, friends, and old traditions ring clearly through the distant smoggy city air, shedding some much-needed light on a sometimes dreary and gloomy reality."
– Lowell Sun; MA
"New Hampshire's own Ameranouche!!!, has created an album of incredibly inspiring, and very interesting music. The tunes that make up "Homage A Manouche" are smooth, tasteful, and absolutely swinging."
– Portsmouth Herald: Seacoast News NH
"Give This Hot Gypsy Jazz A Listen"
– Portsmouth Herald: Seacoast News NH
"Sheppard is an aggressor on the guitar, really taking it to the limits"
– Portsmouth Herald: Seacoast News NH
"Homage A Manouche," is a superbly played collection of original compositions and Gypsy Jazz standards that clearly sets them apart as monster players."
–The Wire; Seacoast Entertainment Magazine NH
"Richard Sheppard’s fingers dart across the strings faster than hummingbirds wings"
–The Wire; Seacoast Entertainment Magazine NH
"Like the best classical music, it's a wonderful example of music painting pictures without words"
–The Wire; Seacoast Entertainment Magazine NH
"Best Concert In Years"
–John2Ponies Floyd, VA
"The all time great guitarist of our time"
–John2Ponies Floyd, VA
"A must see and hear to believe"
–John2Ponies Floyd, VA
"Ryan Flaherty on rhythm guitar
was steady and heavy like a river boat tenor strum.
In time with the wheel, amazing"
–John2Ponies Floyd, VA
"Ben wood on up right bass -- This kid's a "boomer," a rocker at heart"
–John2Ponies Floyd, VA
"cornerstones of today’s very virtuosic gypsy musical tradition."
–Metropulse - Knoxville,TN